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The folly of the Israeli and Arab approach to Iran

Alan Hart considers the possibility that the whistleblower website Wikileaks is being manipulated by an intelligence service to achieve specific objectives, namely to maximize perceptions that Iran is a serious

Arab elections: free, sort of fair… and meaningless

A certain Arab country recently held parliamentary elections. The vote was reasonably free and fair. Turnout was 67 percent, and the opposition won a near majority of the seats --

ElBaradei and the Mobilization of the Egyptian Diaspora

“This is a giant that needs to be awakened to save Egypt…look at what other diaspora communities are doing,” said one enthusiastic participant in a recent London conference for the

MB Chairman: Change and reform require sacrifices

Dr. Mohamed Badie, MB Chairman, called on the Muslim nation to unite against the enemies who are plotting against it. He stressed that Islam is capable of facing injustices and

Mr. Obama: Thou shall not lie

In his remarks marking the passage of nine years since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September, 2001, President Obama said Americans ought to remain true

Campaign launched to defend Arab activists

Arab Lawyers launched a campaign titled "Together to stop making human rights a way to prison” objecting to the security apparatuses continued violations against human rights activists in some Arab

Egyptian analyst Howeidy believes Turkey has left Arab regimes uncomfortable

In a recent interview Egyptian political analyst Fahmy Howeidy has alleged that most of the Arab governments are dissatisfied with the Turkish role in the Middle East because of its

After the Israeli flotilla incident, Turkey is the new Palestinian champion

There is no doubt that it is President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, President Nasser’s successor, to whom Abdel Bari Atwan principally refers; and there is no doubt, too, that the

Beitawi: Hurva the start of the end for Israel

MP Hamed Al-Beitawi, the head of the Palestine scholars league, on Friday said that the Israeli occupation's attacks on the Aqsa Mosque never stopped ever since the occupation of eastern

The myth of excluding moderate Islamists in the Arab world

Islamist movements in the Arab world have varied widely during the last 30 years. Groups range from promoting violence for political reform to others which follow a more moderate approach